Big B: Silsila has become a classic after 35 years

Looking back, the megastar says critics panned the movie when it was released but now it’s revered as a classic.

‘Silsila’, directed by Yash Chopra, also starred Bachchan’s wife Jaya and Rekha, whose on-screen chemistry with the ‘Piku’ star stands as one of Bollywood’s best ever. Amitabh and Rekha did not act together after that.

“35 years of ‘Silsila’… A film that was trashed by media as ‘silly sila’… Today referred to as a classic (sic),” Bachchan wrote on his Twitter page.

The movie was a box-office disappointment but is now considered a classic.

The 73-year-old ‘Te3n’ actor also reminisced his 1982 film ‘Khud-Dar’, which co-starred Parveen Babi, Vinod Mehra and Sanjeev Kumar. ”